Electoral history of Jim Bolger

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Jim Bolger, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1990–97), Leader of the National Party (1986–97), and Member of Parliament for King Country (1972–96) then Taranaki-King Country (1996–97).

Parliamentary elections[]

1972 election[]

General election, 1972: King Country[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 7,107 48.0
Labour Brent Clifton Sakey 5,867 39.6
Social Credit Derek Mason 1,351 9.1
Liberal Reform Saxby John Telfer 191 1.3
Independent Richard Alan Soundy 185 1.3
New Democratic John William Norman 111 0.7
Majority 1,240 8.4
Turnout 17,014 87.5

1975 election[]

General election, 1975: King Country[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 9,180 56.1 +8.1
Labour Thomas David Varnham 4,864 29.8
Social Credit Derek Mason 1,759 10.8 +1.7
Values Richard Louis Osborn 546 3.3
Majority 4,316 26.3 +17.9
Turnout 20,440 80.3 -7.2

1978 election[]

General election, 1978: King Country[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 6,804 44.6 -11.5
Labour Leo Menfy 4,034 26.5
Social Credit Derek Mason 3,997 26.2 +15.4
Values R Azariah 409 2.7
Majority 2,770 18.1 -8.2
Turnout 23,726 64.5 -15.8

1981 election[]

General election, 1981: King Country[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 7,937 49.1 +4.5
Social Credit Derek Mason 5,779 35.7 +9.2
Labour Pai Tahere 2,460 15.2
Majority 2,158 13.4 -4.7
Turnout 18,878 86.0 +21.5

1984 election[]

General election, 1984: King Country[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 10,040 55.1 +6.0
Labour James Edward Simons 4,423 24.3
Social Credit Derek Mason 2,027 11.1 -24.6
NZ Party Graham Short 1,580 8.7
Values Peter Winter 139 0.8
Majority 5,617 30.8 +17.4
Turnout 20,477 91.0 +5.0

1987 election[]

General election, 1987: King Country[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 10,942 64.2 +9.1
Labour Leo Menfy 4,988 29.3
Democrats Wayne Campbell Robert Morris 1,115 6.5
Majority 5,954 34.9 +4.1
Turnout 20,143 86.4 -4.6

1990 election[]

General election, 1990: King Country[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 10,406 64.4 +0.2
Labour Cameron Gordon 3,132 19.4
Green Laurence Cadman 1,368 8.4
NewLabour Dion Martin 497 3.0
Social Credit Mervyn Williamson 496 3.0
McGillicuddy Serious Craig Louis Simmons 107 0.6
Democrats Steven Wilton 77 0.4
Imperial British Conservative Kate McDonald 53
Majority 7,274 45.0 +10.1
Turnout 16,136

1993 election[]

General election, 1993: King Country[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 8,396 51.8 -12.6
Labour Murray Simpson 3,890 24.0
Alliance Ian Herbert 3,518 21.7
Christian Heritage Mark Anthony Jones 539 3.3
McGillicuddy Serious Anand Hasyo 220 1.3
Natural Law Euan Frederick Williams 115 0.7
Majority 4,506 27.8 -17.2
Turnout 16,678

1996 election[]

General election, 1996: Taranaki-King Country[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Jim Bolger 14,934 54.0
NZ First Robin Ord 4,711 17.0
Labour Peter Calvert 3,575 12.9
Alliance Kevin Campbell 2,560 9.2
ACT Trevor Johnson 902 3.2
McGillicuddy Serious Anand Hasyo 288 1.0
Independent Brett Power 209 0.7
Natural Law Joanna Greig 101 0.3
Mana Māori Movement Jackie Amohanga 74 0.2
Majority 10,223 37.0
Turnout 27,611

Leadership elections[]

1981 deputy leadership election[]

First ballot
Name Votes Percentage
Derek Quigley 23 46.00%
Duncan MacIntyre 20 40.00%
Jim Bolger 7 14.00%
Second ballot
Name Votes Percentage
Duncan MacIntyre 26 52.00%
Derek Quigley 24 48.00%

1984 deputy leadership election[]

Name Votes Percentage
Jim McLay 25 53.19%
Jim Bolger 15 31.91%
Bill Birch 7 14.89%

1984 leadership election[]

Name Votes Percentage
Jim McLay 22 62.85%
Jim Bolger 8 22.85%
Robert Muldoon 5 14.28%

1986 leadership election[]

Name Votes Percentage
Jim Bolger 25 65.78%
Jim McLay 13 34.22%

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Norton 1988, pp. 262.
  2. ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990.
  3. ^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993.
  4. ^ "Electorate Candidate and Party Votes Recorded at Each Polling Place – Taranaki-King Country, 1996" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2016.

References[]

  • Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
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